Table of Contents	5
	Acknowledgements	9
	Section 1 Sediment and Water Interactions in Streams	10
	INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SEDIMENT AND WATER: PERSPECTIVES ON THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SEDIMENT WATER SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM	10
	Acknowledgments	13
	References	13
	PHOSPHORUS STORAGE IN FINE CHANNEL BED SEDIMENTS	16
	1. Introduction	16
	2. Study Areas	17
	3. Materials and Methods	18
	4. Results and Discussion	21
	5. Conclusion	24
	Acknowledgements	25
	References	25
	QUANTIFICATION OF THE EROSION RESISTANCE OF UNDISTURBED AND REMOULDED COHESIVE SEDIMENTS	26
	1. Introduction	26
	2. Experimental Method	27
	3. Results and Discussion	30
	4. Conclusions	35
	References	35
	SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN THE SEDIMENT HABITAT OF RANUNCULUS SPP. IN LOWLAND CHALK STREAMS – IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL STATUS?	38
	1. Introduction	38
	2. Materials and Methods	39
	3. Results	40
	4. Discussion	42
	5. Conclusions	44
	Acknowledgements	45
	References	45
	CAN NUTRIENT SPIRALLING BE USED TO DETECT SEASONAL NUTRIENT UPTAKE IN A FORESTED STREAM?	48
	1. Introduction	48
	2. Materials and Methods	49
	3. Results	51
	4. Discussion	53
	5. Conclusions	54
	Acknowledgements	55
	References	55
	DISSOLVED OXYGEN AND NUTRIENT FLUXES ACROSS THE SEDIMENT–WATER INTERFACE OF THE NECKAR RIVER, GERMANY: IN SITU MEASUREMENTS AND SIMULATIONS	58
	1. Introduction	58
	2. Experimental and Numerical Methods	59
	3. Results and Discussion	62
	4. Conclusions	66
	References	67
	OCCURRENCE OF SEDIMENT-BOUND PYRETHROIDS IN DANISH STREAMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION	68
	1. Introduction	68
	2. Materials and Methods	69
	3. Results	72
	4. Discussion	75
	5. Conclusion	76
	References	76
	DEVELOPMENT OF LAYERED SEDIMENT STRUCTURE AND ITS EFFECTS ON PORE WATER TRANSPORT AND HYPORHEIC EXCHANGE	78
	1. Introduction	78
	2. Development of Fine-Scale Layered Structures in Streambeds	79
	3. Effect of Heterogeneity on Hyporheic Exchange	82
	4. Conclusions	85
	Acknowledgements	86
	References	86
	STREAMBED SEDIMENT GEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS ON IN- STREAM PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATIONS DURING BASEFLOW	88
	1. Introduction	88
	2. Materials and Methods	89
	3. Results and Discussion	92
	4. Conclusions	95
	Acknowledgements	96
	References	96
	Section 2 Sediment and Water Interactions in Lakes	98
	AN OVERVIEW OF SEDIMENT ORGANIC MATTER RECORDS OF HUMAN EUTROPHICATION IN THE LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES REGION	98
	Abbreviations	98
	1. Introduction	98
	2. Human Impacts on the Laurentian Great Lakes	100
	3. Case Studies of Eutrophication in the Great Lakes Region	101
	4. Summary and Overview	105
	Acknowledgments	107
	References	107
	THE INFLUENCE OF CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS LARVAE ON NUTRIENT FLUXES AND PHOSPHORUS FRACTIONS IN ALUMINUM TREATED LAKE SEDIMENT	110
	1. Introduction	110
	2. Materials and Methods	111
	3. Results	113
	4. Discussion	116
	Acknowledgement	119
	References	119
	STUDY OF POLLUTION OF THE PLITVICE LAKES BY WATER AND SEDIMENT ANALYSES	120
	1. Introduction	120
	2. Sampling and Methods	122
	3. Results and Discussion	122
	4. Conclusion	128
	Acknowledgement	129
	References	129
	MODELLING PHOSPHORUS RETENTION IN LAKES AND RESERVOIRS	132
	1. Introduction	132
	2. Materials and Methods	133
	3. Results and Discussions	134
	4. Conclusions	138
	Acknowledgements	139
	References	139
	RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRY AND PHOSPHORUS FLUXES IN A GREAT LAKES COASTAL MARSH, COOTES PARADISE, ON, CANADA	140
	1. Introduction	140
	2. Materials and Methods	141
	3. Results and Discussion	144
	4. Summary and Conclusions	147
	Acknowledgements	147
	References	147
	RECENT SEDIMENT OF LAKE BLED (NW SLOVENIA): SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES	150
	1. Introduction	150
	2. Study Area	151
	3. Materials and Methods	152
	4. Results and Discussion	153
	5. Conclusions	157
	References	158
	THE IMPACT OF LAKE-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS ON THE SEDIMENT COMPOSITION	160
	1. Introduction	160
	2. Materials and Methods	161
	3. Results	163
	4. Discussion	164
	5. Conclusions	165
	Acknowledgements	166
	References	166
	Section 3 Sediment and Water Interactions in Coastal Water	168
	MICROBIALLY MEDIATED REDOX CYCLING AT THE OXIC–ANOXIC BOUNDARY IN SEDIMENTS: COMPARISON OF ANIMAL AND PLANTS HABITATS	168
	1. Introduction	168
	2. Bioturbation by Heteromastus Filiformis	169
	3. Spartina Alterni.ora	173
	4. Comparison of Effects of H. Filiformis and S. Alterni.ora on Redox Cycling in Sediments	179
	5. Perspectives for Future Work	179
	Acknowledgements	180
	References	180
	DISTRIBUTION OF REDOX-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS IN BOTTOM WATERS, POREWATERS AND SEDIMENTS OF ROGOZNICA LAKE ( CROATIA) IN BOTH OXIC AND ANOXIC CONDITIONS	182
	1. Introduction	182
	2. Study Site	183
	3. Materials and Methods	184
	4. Results and Discussion	186
	5. Conclusions	188
	Acknowledgements	189
	References	189
	TRANSFORMATION OF PARTICLE-BOUND PHOSPHORUS AT THE LAND–SEA INTERFACE IN A DANISH ESTUARY	192
	1. Introduction	192
	2. Methods and Study Site	193
	3. Results	194
	4. Discussion	197
	Acknowledgement	199
	References	199
	USE OF AN IN SITU EROSION FLUME FOR MEASURING STABILITY OF SEDIMENT DEPOSITS IN HAMILTON HARBOUR, CANADA	202
	1. Introduction	202
	2. Description of the Present In Situ Erosion Flume	203
	3. Field Testing of the Flume	205
	4. Results and Discussion	207
	5. Summary and Conclusions	211
	Acknowledgments	211
	References	212
	BIOCHEMICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA SC AND METHYLOBACTERIUM MESOPHILIUM SR FOR COMPLETE DEGRADATION OF DIMETHYL ISOPHTHALATE	214
	1. Introduction	214
	2. Materials and Methods	215
	3. Results and Discussion	216
	4. Conclusions	218
	Acknowledgements	219
	References	219
	BENTHIC INFAUNAL COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION AT AN INTERTIDAL WETLAND MUDFLAT	220
	1. Introduction	220
	2. Materials and Methods	221
	3. Results and Discussion	221
	4. Conclusions	225
	Acknowledgement	225
	References	226
	EFFECT OF SEDIMENT HUMIC SUBSTANCES ON SORPTION OF SELECTED ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS	228
	1. Introduction	228
	2. Materials and Methods	229
	3. Results and Discussion	231
	4. Conclusions	235
	Acknowledgements	235
	References	235
	SOURCES, FATE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC MATTER ON THE WESTERN ADRIATIC CONTINENTAL SHELF, ITALY	238
	1. Introduction	238
	2. Background	238
	3. Materials and Methods	239
	4. Results and Discussion	240
	5. Conclusions	246
	Acknowledgments	246
	References	247
	SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN THE GULF OF TRIESTE ( NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA)	250
	1. Introduction	250
	2. Materials and Methods	251
	3. Results and Discussion	252
	4. Conclusions	257
	Acknowledgements	257
	References	258
	Section 4 Linking Catchments and Streams	260
	QUANTIFYING FINE-SEDIMENT SOURCES IN PRIMARY AND SELECTIVELY LOGGED RAINFOREST CATCHMENTS USING GEOCHEMICAL TRACERS	260
	1. Introduction	260
	2. Approach	261
	3. Results	262
	4. Interpretation and Discussion	266
	5. Conclusion	267
	Acknowledgements	267
	References	268
	RISKS FROM HISTORICAL CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS IN THE RHINE BASIN	270
	1. Introduction	270
	2. Priority Substances in Historical Contaminated Sediments	271
	3. Identification of Areas of Risk in the Rhine Catchment Area and its Tributaries for the Port of Rotterdam Due to Historic Contamination	272
	4. Outlook: Additional Information on Risk Assessment of Historical Contaminated Sediments	279
	Acknowledgements	280
	References	280
	CHANGES IN SEDIMENT SOURCES FOLLOWING WILDFIRE IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN: A PAIRED–CATCHMENT APPROACH, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA	282
	1. Introduction	282
	2. Study Area and Methods	283
	3. Results and Interpretation	285
	4. Conclusion	289
	Acknowledgements	289
	References	289
	WILDFIRE EFFECTS ON THE QUANTITY AND COMPOSITION OF SUSPENDED AND GRAVEL- STORED SEDIMENTS	292
	1. Introduction	292
	2. Materials and Methods	293
	3. Results and Discussion	295
	4. Conclusions	299
	Acknowledgements	301
	References	301
	USING FALLOUT LEAD-210 MEASUREMENTS TO ESTIMATE SOIL EROSION IN THREE SMALL CATCHMENTS IN SOUTHERN ITALY	302
	1. Introduction	302
	2. The Study	303
	3. Results	310
	4. Conclusions	311
	Acknowledgments	312
	References	312
	SEDIMENT–WATER INTERACTIONS IN AN ERODED AND HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATED PEATLAND CATCHMENT, SOUTHERN PENNINES, UK	314
	1. Introduction	314
	2. Materials and Methods	315
	3. Results and Discussion	318
	4. Conclusion	320
	Acknowledgements	320
	References	320
	THE EFFECT OF SEDIMENT SOURCE CHANGES ON POLLEN RECORDS IN LAKE SEDIMENTS	322
	1. Introduction	322
	2. Site Description and Methods	323
	3. Results and Interpretation	324
	4. Conclusion	327
	Acknowledgements	328
	References	328